Carla Reighard MG & YA Fantasy Author

Magical library.

Distorted fairy tales.

Time travel.

Bookworm Bellarose, egotistical Gerard, geeky Quinn, and mysterious Elayne are thrust into a fairy tale through a magical library. The problem? Most of these eighteen-year-olds’ memories have been wiped clean of life before they became characters in a familiar, but twisted story.

Pirate ship.

Sea witch crafted typhoons.

Mermaids.

Bookworm Bellarose, less egotistical Gerard, insecure Quinn, and mysterious Elayne are still inside a fairy tale. This time Bellarose has been kidnapped by an infamous pirate with a hooked hand.

Heroic rescues.

Revenge and reckonings.

A sassy dragon.

Bookworm Bellarose, heroic Gerard, brave Quinn, and mysterious Elayne continue to play out familiar, but twisted fairy tales with only Bellarose having flashes of memory from the real world.

When Layney and Bella vanish into the pages of mysterious books found in an abandoned house, their friends, Quinn and Gerard must brave their own twisted tales to bring the girls home—if the stories will let them escape at all.

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When a Isla, a spoiled fae princess turns a human prince into a dragon, her reckless magic sets off a chain of consequences she never imagined surviving.

In this YA fantasy retelling of The Frog Prince, an impulsive fae princess turns a betrothed prince into a dragon after his rejection sends her magic spiraling out of control. The curse is meant to be permanent, but she did not count on Leia, a fierce warrior princess who invents dragon-slaying weapons and refuses to let any enchantment separate her from the man she loves. With kingdoms at war, immortality on the line, and a reckless spell rewriting everything, the only path forward is the one Isla never believed in: true love.

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A year after barely surviving twisted fairy tales, nineteen-year-old Bella and her friends have sworn off reading fiction in the magical library. It was the books from the enchanted room that once pulled them into the deadly stories.

But then... Hobbes, a shapeshifting catragon, appears with a desperate plea to help an old ally. If they refuse, Eira, the dragon, threatens to burn their sanctuary to the ground. They face an impossible choice: return to the world where they nearly died or allow an army of firedrakes to cross into ours. Now powerless and mortal, they must rely on courage, friendship, and the bonds they forged in blood to face their most dangerous adventure yet.

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